Fresh Maps

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Fresh Maps

Okay, Hello. This page exists so I can fool around here without mucking up anybody else's hard work (as I tend to do because I'm a bumbling fool most of the time). I'm gonna try to be a cartographer (feel free to snigger) and use this page to tinker with different ways of creating new maps for, well pretty much everywhere. I want to create a system that involves the use of colored ASCII art in a structured way to make creating new maps a lot easier. With that said, please feel free to leave feedback etc etc on the discussion page!

First I want to establish what information is useful in a map. World Maps:

• Terrain (also flight needed/no flight needed?)
  • Characterize by what fieldcraft skill applies?
• Cities etc.
• Paths
• Altitude

City Maps

• Shops

Both:

• Can't go there messages - some way to include them

Sandbox: Do colors work here? TEXT

Characters for different ways to travel between coordinates?
~ Swimming
+ Walking
* Flying
& Action (like picking a lock etc)

Do colors work here?? <span style="color:#FFFF00; background:#FF69B4"> TEXT </span>
Okay, they don't work like that. Perhaps the 

Do colors work here, then? <span style="color:#FFFF00; background:#FF69B4"> TEXT </span> No. Boogers.

This may be helpful later: [page on what special characters work]

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